Jim Russ' Weekend Traffic and Travel Advisory

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Traffic Pattern Change in the I-95 Work Zone after the Fort McHenry Tunnel

Watch for delays on I-95 SOUTHBOUND after the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Friday night as crews reconfigure the long term work zone.

Beginning at 9 pm on Friday workers will set up a new traffic pattern between I-395 and MD 295/Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

When completed, the travel lanes will divide around the work area, ONE lane to the LEFT and TWO lanes to the RIGHT.

This change will remain in place until mid-June.

Southbound JFX Closed This Weekend at Guilford Avenue

All lanes of the SOUTHBOUND Jones Falls Expressway (I-83) will be CLOSED at Guilford Avenue from 9 pm on Friday until 4 am on Sunday for joint repair work. Motorists heading downtown from points in north Baltimore should use any of the following:

St. Paul Street

Guilford Avenue

Maryland Avenue/Cathedral Street

Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

Overnight I-95 Closures in White Marsh this Weekend and Next Week:

Once again this weekend, work to erect steel beams in the I-95 Express Toll Lanes work zone will cause the following complete closures of I-95 SOUTHBOUND in White Marsh.

I-95 SOUTHBOUND will be CLOSED at White Marsh Boulevard from 11 pm until 7 am, Saturday night into Sunday morning and from 11 pm until 5 am the following morning, Monday and Tuesday of next week.

I-95 NORTHBOUND will be CLOSED at White Marsh Boulevard from 11 pm until 5 am the following morning, Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

The detour for each night of the closures will take traffic off of I-95 and onto EASTBOUND White Marsh Boulevard from which motorists will exit onto EASTBOUND MD 7/Philadelphia Road. Drivers will then exit onto WESTBOUND White Marsh Boulevard to get back to I-95.

Baltimore City: PAINTING WORK – Key Highway between McHenry Row and Key Hwy East – ONE lane will be CLOSED both Saturday (EASTBOUND) and Sunday (WESTBOUND) from 6 am until 3 pm each day.

Baltimore City:INSPECTION WORK – Sharp Street will be CLOSED between Pratt and Conway Streets on both Saturday and Sunday from 8 am until 3 pm.

Baltimore City: CRANE REMOVAL – Central Avenuewill be CLOSED between Fleet Street and Eastern Avenue on both Saturday and Sunday from 6 am until 7 pm.

Baltimore City: HEAVY DUTY MOBILE CRANE WORK – Greene Street will be CLOSED between Baltimore and Lombard Streets on Saturday between 2 am and 6 pm.

Carroll County:PAVEMENT PATCHING:MD 140/Baltimore Boulevard EACH WAYbetween Sandymount Rd and Old Westminster Pike– ONE lane will be CLOSED from 8 pm on Friday until 6 pm on Sunday.

Baltimore/Carroll County: BRIDGE DECK REPLACEMENT: MD 140/Baltimore BoulevardWESTBOUND at the bridge over the Liberty Reservoir (Baltimore/Carroll County Line)– RIGHT lane will be CLOSED on Saturday from 6 am until 3 pm

Montgomery County: BRIDGE INSPECTION: OUTER LOOP of Capital Beltway (I-495 WESTBOUND) after Old Georgetown Road at the merge with the I-270 Spur – TWO lanes will be CLOSED until from 4:30 am until 9 am on Saturday. ONE lane will be CLOSED from 9 am until 11:30 am. There will also be brief TOTAL CLOSURES BOTH WAYS on the I-270 Spur to move equipment.

Weekend Events

The Charles Village 5K Run and Kids Fun Run will be held on Saturday starting at 8 am with the majority of the run taking place on the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus.

The following streets will CLOSED from 6:30 am until 11 am:

Wyman Park Drive between Art Museum Drive and San Martin Drive

31st Street between Remington Avenue and Wyman Park Drive

San Martin Drive between Wyman Park Drive and University Parkway

WESTBOUND North Avenue will be CLOSED between Charles Street and Maryland Avenue because of an event until 12 midnight on Saturday morning.

Bay Bridge Lane Closures Scheduled for Week of June 1st – 7th:

HEADLIGHT USE WHILE DRIVING ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE IS NOW MANDATORY AT ALL TIMES.

The EASTBOUND span may be CLOSED:

Sunday into Monday from 12 midnight until 5 am

The WESTBOUND span may be CLOSED:

Monday through Wednesday from 10 pm until 5 am the following morning

Thursday from 11 pm until 5 am on Friday

Saturday from 11 pm until 7 am on Sunday

One lane of the EASTBOUND span may be CLOSED:

Monday through Wednesday from 9 am until 2:30 pm

Thursday from 9 am until 1 pm

The WESTBOUND span will carry TWO-WAY traffic during these closures

The RIGHT LANE of the WESTBOUND span may be blocked for about 15 minutes at 5:30 am and at 3:30 pm on Monday through Thursday and at 5:30 am and 1 pm on Friday for worker drop off and pick up at the suspension span.

When daytime two-way traffic is in effect on the westbound span, toll lanes 1 through 5, on the left side of the toll plaza will be directed into two-way flow traffic on the westbound span.

Motorists wishing to use an E-ZPass® Only lane to access the eastbound span should use toll lanes 6 or 9.